DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,227

EPIC TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
NORWALK, OHIO

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 8, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Epic Technologies, LLC, Norwalk, Ohio. The workers
are engaged in the production of assembled printed circuit
boards. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Kelly Services.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible
toapply for adjustment assistance on May 14, 2007 (TA-W-
61,318A). That certification expired on May 14, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Epic
Technologies, LLC, Norwalk, Ohio, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of assembled printed
circuit boards, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers have become separated at the Norwalk location during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Norwalk, Ohio location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Epic Technologies, LLC contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Norwalk, Ohio
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Epic Technologies,
LLC, Norwalk, Ohio, including on-site leased workers from
Kelly Services, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Epic Technologies, LLC, Norwalk, Ohio
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 15, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of December, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance